Unlike similar websites, VirtualSuperNES.com is able to provide
classic Super NES games legally. We can only provide you with classic
SNES games that we have an original cartridge of, which have either
been bought out of pocket or kindly donated by Players Like
You™. If we don't have the games in our possession,
we can't have them online. VirtualSuperNES.com is powered by
the world leader in emulation software,
KryptonWare Solutions.

Looking to buy some of the great games you've played on
Emulation Collective websites? Check out
YourGameStore.net.

Like the Legend of the Phoenix

Posted on August 18, 2014

We've had a pretty rough summer here at Emulation Collective.
Things got a little crazy awhile ago with the server management—Emulation
Collective is run by individual people responsible for
individual parts, with almost complete autonomy, there's next to
no reporting to anyone, and for the most part, groups of people
do not know who the other groups are: R&D and network
administration don't talk to each other at all.

So, the datacenter that our hosting provider / networking
people contracted was bought up by a different company, and they
decided to turn off everything on the premises. The notification
that this is happening was sent to... nobody, actually. An
decision way upstream of the showrunners at Emulation Collective
broke a bunch of stuff, knocking us offline for about two weeks,
and then in a barely operational state for another two weeks.

Now, we've brought this website back online, and things
should be operating reasonably normally.

Thank you for your continued support of Emulation Collective.

The Nuance Between "Turn-Key" and "Allen Wrench"

Posted on January 13, 2014

Since April 2012, Emulation Collective has offered free
promotional cards to tell your friends about our websites, which
we have been able to provide through donations. Unfortunately,
due to a recent postage increase by the US Postal Service and a
lack of funds to continue the program, we are unable to continue
providing the cards at this time.

Thank you for your continued support of Emulation Collective.

Game Controllers, or, The Triumphant Return of ZTNet Store!

Posted on September 11, 2013

Update:
ZTNet Store is taking 10% off orders for Emulation Collective
users with the coupon code EC10PCT. Also now in stock
are super-comfortable Sega Saturn USB Retrolink controllers.
Coupon expires October 21, 2013.

Long-time users of Emulation Collective websites will recall
an initiative in our earlier days where users could buy USB
controllers or USB-connected converters for controllers for the
NES, SNES, PlayStation, and other consoles, all of which can be
used with the games on the Emulation Collective websites.

We're happy to announce the return of that imitative, with
the return of the
ZTNet Store. ZTNet Store has controllers and adapters in
stock or on the way for the NES, SNES, N64, and PlayStation. For
more information on using USB controllers or adapters with
Emulation Collective websites,
click here.

A portion of the proceeds from items you purchase at ZTNet
will go toward the Games Purchasing Fund at Emulation
Collective, which will allow us to add more games to Emulation
Collective websites.

Information Regarding the Server Outage

Posted on August 16, 2013

We've experienced a rather large server outage because the
datacenter botched a move from their old facility to their new
facility. Emulation Collective has resumed normal operations,
and this issue is not expected to recur.

Thank you for your patience during this unforeseen issue, and
for your continued support of Emulation Collective.

On Java, Security, and the Future of Emulation Collective

Posted on February 2nd, 2013.

In the last six weeks, a series of unfortunate events
occurred that caused a great number of problems across all
Emulation Collective websites. The most troubling of them is a
series of security flaws in the Java Virtual Machine, which has
been completely mishandled by Oracle, eroding a great deal of
trust in the security and viability of the platform. As a
result, Firefox users now must click on the applet before it
executes, and Mac OS X users have twice in the last three weeks
simply had their installations of Java disabled by Apple. Oracle
has released an update to Java on February 1st which fixes the
issues (until someone finds more), and we recommend that all
users update their Java installation now, and highlight that
Mac OS users must update to continue, as older versions have
been disabled.

Emulation Collective websites are secure,
and you can continue to use them without harming your computer.

However, due to Oracle's completely mishandling of Java
security, Emulation Collective is forging a new path forward for
our websites that does not include Java. We feel that the
natural lifetime of Java is soon coming to an end. As much as
we're focused on preserving the past at Emulation Collective,
Java isn't something we're sentimental about.

Our path forward is a new technology being developed at
Google called NaCl, or Native Client. Emulation Collective's
partner, KryptonWare Solutions, is presently working on a new
emulator series that runs in NaCl, which will be available on
Emulation Collective sites later this year. At present, NaCl
only works in Google Chrome and the open-source Chromium
browser, which has all of the performance of Chrome with none of
the Google service tie-ins. We anticipate (though cannot
guarantee) that NaCl support will be added to other popular
browsers later this year.

We will continue to offer Java as one of many options you can
use to play games online on Emulation Collective websites, but,
it is important to note, that the Java options will no longer be
updated. This means that existing bugs such as certain games not
working in Java-based emulators, or save codes not working
properly, will not be patched.

Now that we've got that description out of the way, here is
Emulation Collective's path forward for each site:

VirtualNES.com will be the first website to
receive the new NaCl emulator for users on NaCl-compliant
browsers. In addition, it will retain the classic vNES emulator
in Java for users of other browsers with the Java plug-in, and a
JavaScript port of vNES will also be added for users of other
browsers that do not have the Java plug-in.

VirtualSuperNES.com will be the second
website to receive the new NaCl emulator for users on NaCl-compliant
browsers. It will retain the i-Console emulator in Java for
users of other browsers with the Java plug-in.

VirtualGBX.com will be the third website to
receive the new NaCl emulator for users on NaCl-compliant
browsers. When this happens, the classic vGBX Java emulator will
be available for users of other browsers with the Java plug-in.
In addition, a new JavaScript Game Boy emulator will be added
for users of browsers that do not have the Java plug-in.

ClassicSegaOnline.com will retain the
Java-based emulator currently in use until a plan can be decided
upon.

Thank you for your patience and continued support of
Emulation Collective.